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What happened to Andy in on the sidewalk bleeding?
Its protagonist, a sixteen-year-old boy named Andy, bleeds to death on the sidewalk after being stabbed below the ribs by a member of a rival gang.
The theme of the story “On the Sidewalk, Bleeding” is identity. Andy is angry at everyone for not giving him a chance because of how people identify him. All anyone sees him as is a member of the gang called the Royals. Andy wants to be known as Andy, the man who is going to marry Laura and move to the Bronx.
Who finds Andy in on the sidewalk bleeding?
1 Andy is found by a drunk man, who doesn’t help him. He thinks Andy is drunk too, and staggers away without helping him. 4 Andy is stabbed in the street by another gang.
Why don t any of the people who find Andy help him?
On page 42 it says that he didn’t want anyone to find him and say, “Oh, it’s a Royal.” The couple that found him didn’t help him because he was a Royal and they were afraid that since he was a part of a gang, it could put them in a bad situation. Andy wanted to spend his last minutes alive being himself, not a Royal.
What conclusions can you draw from the police officer’s comment at the end of the story?
What conclusions can you draw from the police officers comment at the end of the story? the police officer didn’t care because he was in a gang, and thought best to have a trouble maker off the streets. he was in no rush to do anything because of the lettering on his jacket. who is the main character?
Who Finds Andy at the end of on the sidewalk bleeding?
The third incidence is an old woman who appears to be homeless and dumpster diving, who simply does not see Andy bleeding to death on the sidewalk under the darkness and the rain. The story ends with Laura seeking and finding him help after it is too late. Only 48 minutes after the scene begins, it ends.
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